The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-13

command will do all in their power to make
their stay as pleasant as possible.
The steamer Inca took a party from
! Brunswick out to the Blacklist banks last
Saturday from Cumberland, both gen.
tlemen and ladies. Shortly after starting a
gentleman was standing IN the pilot house
loading rife for lady friend to shoot a
crane. The gun was pointing downward
4 whilst he was manipulating it, and some
how it went off. the ball passing through
the floor and down through the mess room,
just missing Capt. Keene head, who was
seated at the table eating breakfast, but
filling his coffee with splinters. The great
wonder Is that some one was not killed, as
there were four men seated at the table.
Covington Enterprise. In our opinion the
people of this section have never been swim
died or humbugged as completely by any
one thing as they have been in the purchase
Of worthless fruit trees from foreign nurse
ries. 1t is surprising TO know TO what ex-
tent this business has been carried in our
county for many years past. Over s., 600
worth have been sold i'll Newton county in
one season by a single firm. OF course
| there have been many good fruit trees sold
by honest dealers, but the great bulk Of the
trees have been utterly worthless, and the
fruit, in no particular, comparing with the
samples The result is we have but few
tirst-class peaches grown in this section.
The damages to the railroad bridge over
| Flint river, caused by the Montezuma boat
running against it last Thursday, have been
| repaired and trains are now running over
it as usual. Track laying on this division is
being pushed forward at the rate of a mile
and half day, the road already having
| been completed to a point six miles beyond
Coney, and Supt. Bass thinks that with no
| mishap the road will have reached Able
| vile by Aug Is. The camps at Gum
creek were struck Sunday and carried to
| the Alapaha river, distance of twelve or
| fifteen miles, where active operations are
now in progress. Altogether, the work is
| progressing as rapidly and satisfactorily as
| one could possibly wish just now.
For some time past some of the clerks of
| the principal counties of the State have been
endeavoring to bring about a convention of
| all the clerks of the state for the purpose of
| exchanging views upon some matters of in
| terest to all. The result is a call for a con
vention to be held at the Kinlball House at
| Atlanta on July 20. The call for the con-
vention sets forth the necessity for more
| fraternal feeling and intimate relationship
among the various officers, and calls atten-
ton tothe deficiencies in the laws relative
| to duties and fees of officers. AL these mat
| ters are to come up for discussion. Reduced
| rates have been procured on all the roads of
the State and it is confidently expected that
every clerk in the State will attend the con
| vention, which will be the first one of its
| kind ever held in this State.
An attempt was made TO wreck a train on
| the eastern extension of the Americas, Pres
| ton and Lumpkin railroad Monday morning
| Where the road passes through the Lockett
place, about three miles from Americus,
there is sharp curve, and at this point
| some miscreant had drawn every spike from
one OF the inside rails for the evident pur
| pose OF throwing the train from the track
| Luckily an engine was sent out
over the line in advance of the regular
morning passenger train, and it was this
| that ran upon the rail first instead of the
| train, for which the trap was evidently
intended. The engine left the track
and ran the length of the rail upon the
| crosstles, where, instead Of turning over, it
| Fortunately struck the next rail right, and
! got upon the track again without damage.
Some time ago Adjt Gen. Kel forwarded
to the War Department at Washington a
| complete list of Georgia's militia in re-
! spouse to a circular letter requesting it,
Monday he received q pamphlet from the
| department in which is published a list of
the militia in each of the States and Terri
tories compiled from official data collected
| by the department In this list Georgia
shows up Unexpectedly well Her militia
I ranks fifth in the list of States South Caro-
Southern state approximates her. The six
largest are: New York Il, 407, Pennsylvania
S,2S2, Ohio 5,7T, South Carolina 4,457,
Georgia ,305, and Massachusetts, I, 1874 No
other State reaches 4, 900. Arkansas has no
organized militia. The aggregate in all the
States is 81, 5Si; in the Territories 1880; in
the District of Columbia LOB, and the
grand aggregate is 81 267.
The river bank at Augusta, where the
new steam hnatS ara haipoy aonStpt,ntaJ hos,
become quite popular recently. The hull Of
the first Augusta boat now shows its shape
clearly and viii be finished rapidly In
about two weeks it will be launched, the
upper works to be completed below the
bridges. When the hull Of the first boat has
been tioated an additional force of hands will
toe put to work on the second, thus egpedit-
ing matters considerably. The Woodward
boat, further down, is also showing the
effects of quick work. II will not be as
large as the Augusta boats and will differ
from them by having a scow bow, theirs be-
ing round. This boats machinery will be
furnished by the Sweenys, who are building
the other steamers Mr. Woodward says
his boat viii be ready by Sept. l, and will
carry freight Of any Eind-bringing wood
when no other work offers.
Georgia State officials get the following
salaries: Governor, 5000; Secretary Of
State, Comptroller General Treasurer and
Attorney General, 81, 900 each; State Libra
rian, l,500 Assistant State Librarian,
$500. Allowance for clerical force is made
as follows Executive Department $4,000,
Secretary OF State 1000 Comptroller Gep-
eral $4,000, Treasurer 81 600 three Judges
of the Supreme Bench $1,000 each,
twenty-one Judges of the Superior
Court 81 900 each, Solicitor General $3.50
and certain costs, Supreme Court Reporter
$4,000, Clerk Of Supreme Court $500, Keep
ing Of Penitentiary $1,000, Assistant
Keeper $1,000, Penitentiary Physician
$1,000, three Railroad Commissioners 50 500
each, Clerk Railroad Commissioners 81, 800,
Keeper Of Public Building $500, Commits
sloner of Agriculture $1,000, Clerk Commits
sloner OF Agriculture 81 200.
Sunday afternoon, about $50 O'Clock, as
II. Il. McComb and his niece, a girl of IL or
l3 years Of age, were returning to Milledge-
Vile from visit to his plantation at the
Mount, in buggy, and when in very mar
row portion of the road like railroad cut,
a rock, weighing about three pounds, was
hurled at them by some party in ambush.
IL was thrown from the rear Of the buggy,
and struck the hat OF Mr.. McComb,
just above the maitland, barely graz
ing the crown, but leaving a plain
mark. An inch, or half inch, back of where
the rock struck, would have made the blow
fatal one Mr. McComb was going so
rapidly down hill be could not stop the horse
at once, and when he returned to the top of